Bottle-stopper



v(No Model.)

R. BLOESER.

' BOTTLE STQBPER.

No. 379,' 149I Patented Mar. 6, 1888.

Z5/venan 'Y 4 /g I 1 ifi UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

RUDOLPH BLOESER, OF SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 379.149, dated March 6, 1888.

Application tiled December 8, 1887. Serial No. 257,293. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH BLoEsER, of Scranton, in the county of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottle-Stoppers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the gures and letters of reference marked thereon.

My present invention has for its object to improve that class of bottle-Stoppers known as swing-Stoppers,77 or those in which the stopper is carried by the central portion of a long bail hinged to the neck of the bottle; and the said invention consists in certain details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, as will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out particularly in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a stopper in closed position constructed in accordance with my invention'. Fig. 2 is a similar View with the stopper thrown back. Fig. 3 is a sectional View showing the locking-lever raised. Fig. 4 is a similar view with the locking-lever down. Fig. 5 is an elevation of the stopper and lever; Fig. 6, a view of the blank froml which the locking lever is formed.

The bail A, passing over the top of the bottle, is such as is ordinarily used with this class of Stoppers, and is secured to the bottle-neck by a hinged or swing connection formed by inserting its inwardly'turned ends a in loops formed in the wire B, passing around the bottle-neck. The section of the bail directly over the mouth of the bottle is preferably straight or slightly depressed, as described in my prior patent, No. 370,676, dated September 27, 1887, and carries the locking-lever C, as will now be described. The said locking-lever is struck up from a sheet-metal blank, such as is shown in Fig. 6, the two slotted` lugs or ears D being turned up and the extension E bent down around the eye or pivot F on the stopper' into substantially V shape. The handle G is then appropriately curved, but preferably so as to touch only the metal portion of the stopper` when locked, thus avoiding all danger of breaking the glass and at the saule time allowing the handle to be easily raised by inserting the ends of the fingers under its end, which 'projects beyond the edge ot' the stopper'. 4

In order to assemble the parts thus far described, it is only necessary to pass the bail A through the upturned lugs or ears D on the locking-lever and secure the ends of the said bail in place, as before described.

Upon referring to Figs. 3 and 4, it will bel seen that the eye F on the stopper is not `located centrally, as is ordinarily the case, but

is aslight distance back of the center line.'

This is done in order that the eye and the end of the V-shaped portion of the locking-lever which engages the top of the stopper may be out of the direct line of pressure of the bail A, which is necessary in order to keep the stopper closed with sufcient force and at the same time allow said bail A to stand straight and exert its pressure on the stopper directly downward, and not in a diagonal direction, as is ordinarily the case.

It will be seen that the internal diameter of the depending V-shaped portion E of the locking-lever is very much greater than the crosssectional area of the eye F, and that the slots or openings in lugs or ears D allow the bail a to have considerable play therein. The effect of this construction is to form a very loose connection between the bail and stopper when unlocked; but when thrown into locked p0sition the bail slides down to the lower end of slots in ears D, and, drawing down on the lever, presses the handle and the point of the V- shaped portion down tightly against the stopper, the eye being of greater height than the distance between the top of said bail and the stopper. (See Figs. 4 and 5.) Now, should pressure be applied to the bail F at the sides in a direction which in the ordinary stopper would tend to unlock the saine, the bail, instead of passing over the top of the eye, will ride up the inclined surface of the lever, or else, what is equivalent thereto, the lever will be moved over, all the while increasing the downward pressure of the bail on the lockinglever until further motion in this direction is arrested by the top ofv eye F, when it will be ICO found to be impossible to move the bail farther without using undue pressure.

From the above it will be seen that I have produced a fastener inexpensive to manufacture, simple to work, consisting of but few parts, which are not at all liable to get out of order and be destroyed or injured by constant use, and at the saine time are not at all liable to be accidentally unfastened.

Having thus described my invention,what I claim as new is- 1. In a bottle-stopper, the combination, with the bail passing over the top of the bottle, of a lockinglever having the upturned lugs or ears at each side engaging said bail, and the downwardly-projecting substantially V-shaped portion through which the eye on the stopper' passes, substantially as described.

2. In a bottle-stopper, the combination, with the bail passing over the top ol` the bottle and a locking-lever struck up from a single piece of sheet metal and having the slotted upturned lugs or ears at the end engaging said bail, the downwardly-projecting substantially V- shaped portion at the center engaging the top of the stopper and the handle, of an eye on `the stopper passing through .said V-shaped portion. substantially as described.

3. In abottlestopper, the combination, with the bail passing over the top ofthe bottle, of a lockinglever engaging said bail and having the downwardly-projeeting portion engaging the top of the stopper, and the eye on said stopper passing through said downwardlyprojecting portion of the lever and located at one side of the center of the stopper7 whereby when the stopper is closed the said irst-men tioned bail will stand vertical with relation to the plane of the stopper, substantially as described.

4. In a bottle stopper, the combination, with the bail passing over the top of the bottle and a locking-lever struck up from a single piece of sheet metal having upwardly projecting slotted lugs surrounding said baii, the down wardlyprojecting substantially V-shaped portion engaging the stopper at one side ot' the central line, of an eye on said stopper` passing through the lever, and the handle of the lever resting on the edge of the stopper when in locked position, substantially as described.

5. In a bottle-stopper, the combination, with the bail passing over the bottle, alocking-lever pivoted thereto, and a handle for operating said lever, ofan eye on the stopper of greater height than the distance between the bail and the stopper when in locked position, said eye being pivotally connected lo the locking-lever, one of said connections between the lockinglever and bail and locking-lever and eye being loose, whereby when the bail is nioved in a direction to unlock the stopper the pressure will be exerted in a direction to force the lockinglever dow-n and its motion will be arrested by the eye, substantially as described.

RUDOLPH BLOESER.

VitnesSes:`

CHARLES L. Rien, A. D. DEAN. 

